Sarapeum (Serapeion)

Quick stop or Pass

With so much to see in Egypt, this just didn’t hold that much for me. If you’re interested in the history - a hill littered with the remains of ancient walls, architectural fragments and rubble on w...

Pompey's Pillar

Ptolemy I founded the great Temple of Serapeum dedicated to the Greek-Egyptian god Serapis around 300 BC. It stood for over 600 years as one of the most important religious and intellectual centers in...

Old and New

If you visit the Sarapeum, you will see Pompey's Pillar. If you visit Pompey's Pillar, you will be in the Sarapeum. It's pretty much all in the same location. This spot housed a large temple with v...

Abis old temple

don't miss the sanctuary and the small library. this place full of secrets and in formations. I used to visit it.

Rome and Egypt collide.

So the sphinx in Cairo is large. Here there are two small sphinxes guarding the pillar and all the cats of the exhibit. Amazing and historically inspiring.